Life Experiences of People

Tag: Motivation

We’re the generation that doesn’t want relationshipsWe want a second cup of coffee in our Instagram’s of lazy Saturday mornings,We want a second pair of shoes in the artsy pictures we take of our feet,We want that Facebook official relationship that everyone can like and comment on,

We want that post that wins relationship goals,We want that date for Sunday morning brunch,someone to drown our sorrows for the Monday blues.We want that Taco Tuesday partner,someone to text us “Good morning” on a Wednesday.We want a +1 for all the weddings we keep getting invited to.

How did they do it? How did they find their happily ever after?But we are the generation, that doesn’t want a relationship.We swipe left in the hopes of finding the right one,we try to special order our soul mates like we do on Postmates.We read “5 Ways to To Know He’s Into You” and “7 Ways She Will Fall For You”,thinking we can upcycle a person into a relationship like a Pinterest project.We invest more time into our Tinder profilesthan we do with our personalities,yet we are the one who don’t want a relationship.We talk and we text.We snapchat and we sext.We hang out and we happy hour.We go get coffee and grab a beer.Anything to avoid an actual date.We private message to meet up,small talk for an houronly to return homeand then small talk via text.We forgo any chance of achieving real connection by mutually playing games with no winner,The only thing we end up winning is most likely to be alone.

We want the facade of a relationship without the work of a relationship,We want that hand holding without the eye contact.We want the teasing without the serious conversations.We want the pretty promise without the actual commitmentWe want to celebrate the anniversaries without the 365 days that lead up to them.We want the happily ever after without the effort in the here and nowWe want to have deep connections but still keep things shallow.We want that World Series kind of love without willing to go to bat.We want someone to hold our hands, but we don’t want to put the power to hurt us in their hands.We want to be swept off our feet but at the same time remaining safely, independently standing on our own.We want to keep chasing love, but we don’t actually want to fall into it.We don’t want relationships, we want friends with benefits,We want Netflix & Chill and nudes on Tinder.We want everything that will give us the illusion of a relationship without an actual relationship.We want the rewards with no risk,we want the payout with no cost.We want to connect enough but not too much,we want to commit a little but not a lot.

We take it slow, we see where it goes,we don’t want to label things, we just go with the flow.We keep one foot out of the door, we keep one eye open,we keep people at arms length, toying with their emotionsbut mostly toying with our own.When things get too close to being realwe run, we hide, we leave,we say to ourselves “there’s more fish in the sea”.We want that downloadable person that’s a perfect fit,just like an app you can update whenever there’s a hitch,compartmentalized into a folder that we can deletewhen we have no more need for it.

We don’t want to unpack our baggage,or worse help someone else unpack theirsWe hide everything behind an Instagram filter,we chose a Netflix show over a real conversation.We feel entitled to love like we feel entitled to full-time jobs our of college.

We want a placeholder not a person,we want a warm body not a partner.We want someone to eat withwhile we scroll through our news feed.

See, what we need to recognize is thatthe things we truly want,the things that are deeply meaningful,the things that are genuinely fulfilling,all require patience.They all require work.They all require energy.

See, the challenge is we all want to be with someone who makes us happy,when what we need to do is be someone who makes us happy.

We sit with our friends discussing the rulesbut no one even knows what game we’re trying to playbecause the problem with our generationnot wanting relationships is that –at the end of the day, we actually do.

Like this:

There is no doubt in world scientific community, that this is a direct result of human activity and the effects of climate change will become astronomically worse in the future. Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave the fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong. Now think about the shame that each of us will carry when our children and grand-children look back and realize that we had the means of stopping this devastation, but simply lacked the political will to do so.

Yes, we have achieved the Paris agreement. More countries have come together here to sign this agreement today than for any other cause in the history of human kind and that is reason for hope. But unfortunately the evidence shows us that will not be enough. A massive change is required right now. One that leads to a new collective consciousness, a new collective evolution of the human race, inspired and enabled by the sense of urgency from all of you. We can congratulate each other today but it would absolutely mean nothing if you return to your countries and fail to push beyond the promises of this historic agreement.

Now is the time for bold unprecedented action. It is time to declare no more talks, no more excuses, no more ten year studies, no more allowing the fossil fuel companies to manipulate and dictate the science and policies that effect our future.

The world is now watching, you will either be lauded by future generations or vilified by them.

You are the last best hope of EARTH !We ask you to protect it. Or we and all living things we cherish are History !

All that you have is in the now. If you can control and live your now, your next will be as you want it to be.

Live for yourself.

Love infinitely.

Travel and Travel.

Gift yourself with things you always wanted but never could because of this or that.

Eat delicacies.

Be a good human being.

Plant a tree.

Because when reality will strike you, all your illusions will vanish away. All you will be left with is yourself and your ability to rise up. If you can keep walking in the direction of your dreams with all your might and continue to believe in yourself, you will realize that happiness is indeed something can be worked upon. You will be left with the true and unconditional love, if any.